Across
- 3. Romeo and Juliet was set during a time of ________ and politics
- 5. Children were expected to obey their parents and to ______ for money and status, so Juliet’s refusal to marry Paris would have shocked most people in an Elizabethan audience.
- 6. men who expressed their undying love were _________
- 7. The father was the head of the household in this _______ society.
- 9. Europe was a traditionally ________ society with a strong belief in damnation for mortal sin.
- 11. If someone insulted your _____ or name then they would be challenged to a duel.
- 12. Many people believed that they had no free will: that they had no choice to change their _________ because everything was already ‘predestined’.
Down
- 1. Petrarchan lovers are melodramatic, self-consciously suffering and has given himself up to the power of his mistress
- 2. _______ love (like royalty) should be polite, ceremonious, restrained, intellectual, courteous and those involved should be in love with the idea of being in love.
- 4. An __________ audience often chatted and did business during plays so they needed plenty of action and drama to stop them from losing focus.
- 8. ________ were regarded as property and could be given in marriage to a suitable partner
- 10. ______ had no rights or authority in law: they could not own property or money
- 13. For Shakespeare’s audience _____ was an exotic, distant and corrupted country